Catherine Haney King

Catherine Marie (Haney) King, 96, of Paris, passed away Tuesday, August 23, 2022, at Paris Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center. Bright-Holland Funeral Home has scheduled services for 3:00 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 24th at Petty Baptist Church with Rev. Michael King officiating. Burial will follow in Hickory Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. Catherine, the daughter of George Haney & Bertie Gray Haney, was born August 20, 1926, in Lamar County. Her father passed away when she was 6 years old. Her mother married Jack Alston, who raised her and taught her many valuable lessons of life. She was a wonderful seamstress and worked at Hollywood Vasarette until the factory closed. She then worked as a seamstress in Roxton. Catherine was a faithful member of Belmont Baptist Church until her health failed. She taught children’s Sunday school class. Her impact on the spiritual development of Michael was enormous. Catherine had a wonderful sense of humor. She was a loving and caring mother and had a great love for her nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her husband, Wiley Hugh King, whom she married on Aug. 1, 1964, building 53 years of memories before his death on Jan. 28, 2018. She was also preceded in death by her parents, grandsons, Isaac Cleere and Frederick King, great grandsons, Joshua Unger and William King, a daughter-in-law, Sharon King, a sister, Clora Jane Alston, and three brothers, James Haney, Ray Alston, and Jesse Alston. Survivors include four children, David King, Cathy Cleere & husband Jack, Daniel King & wife Janet, and Michael King & wife Carol, 8 grandchildren, and 22 great grandchildren along with numerous nieces & nephews.